Poor born to serve the rich: Pakistani politician

Islamabad, Aug 26 (IANS) A Pakistani politician has come under attack from colleagues after saying that the poor are meant to serve the rich.

Sardar Mohammad Yaqoob Khan Nasar, a Senator from the ruling PML-Nawaz party, made the controversial comments at a meeting of a Senate committee on Thursday, the Dawn reported on Friday.

It all began when Taj Haider of the Pakistan People’s Party began a discussion on how Pakistan had become the property of the ruling elite and that all decisions were made in the interests of the rich.

“The poor of this country will never get to decide their own fate,” he said.

To this, Nasar remarked that if everyone were to become wealthy, there would be no one to grow wheat or to work as labourers.